Bridge of wars the story of the bailey Bridge

Author-Peter Ball
Tuesday,November,22,2016.8.02
Field Morshol Beinhard low montgomery,nicknamed
Monty by this men,commonded the Allies Dist Army
Group in Northwest Europe,during the last months of the
second world war on the 4th May 1945 of lunebory health
he accepted the unconditional surrender of the German
forces in that theatre of the war victory in Europe.
Now what the Bailey Bridge
It is a simple through-type Bridge,that is to say a
bridge with a roadway carries between two main load
carrying lottice girders.The lottice girders are built-up
from a number of identical ponels connected end by pins
to form a continuous stiff girders from bank to bank road
beoress called transforms are laid across the bottom
chords of the tross points connecting and spacing the
main girders apart one of the same time carrying
stringers [secondary members to support timber.Since
the bridges over the Rhine were needed quickly there
wasno time for building strong obotments,therefore the
bridge was at a low level supported on floating pontons
that were euqi-spacedd across the river.
Refrences
 Match to victory,the final months of WWll edited by
tony hall.
 ‘’The Bailey’’ The amazing ,All purpose Bridge by
larry D.Roberts.
 ‘’Baily—uniflote handbonle’’fifth edition 1974
edited by Mojor J.Al Horther!!
 ‘’Mobey Bridge limited’’.